Isbn: 9780521441520 - the antiquarian and the myth of antiquity: the origins of rome in renaissance thought (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press DATE/EDITION: 1993, stated first published 1993. BINDING: Hardbound, 376 pages DUST JACKET: Even sunning to spine with no loss of lettering. Very clean and bright with no rips or chips. BOOK CONDITION: Very good also, clean inside and out and the binding is tight. Text unmarked. DESCRIPTION: Well illustrated.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good - Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good - Fine. 1st Edition. A 1st edition (stated first published 1993) of a book that traces the attempt by Renaissance humanists to verify the historical foundations of Rome and map its urban formation. Light edge wear with a.25" closed tear at the top center of the front panel of the DJ. The internals are clean and tight and appear to be unread. A very good or better copy. A heavy, oversize book that may require additional postage.…

Condizione: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1300grams, ISBN:0521441528.…

Hardcover. Blue cloth, yellow & illus. dust jacket, 376 pp., BW illus. "Traces the attempt by Renaissance humanists to verify the historical foundations of Rome and to map its nascent urban formation. Remarkably, their debates hinged as much on polemics as on the evidence of inscriptions and texts. Antiquarians, apart from what they could observe from the vestiges of ancient Rome, actively reinterpreted the meaning of classical antiquity in light of their own culture. In analyzing the archaeological, philological, and historical methods of this period, [this book] demonstrates how the ancestry of Rome -- its myths, rituals, and artistic symbols -- were continually redefined and reappropriated. To Roman citizens this inheritance seemed part of their historical destiny. Yet in city after city throughout Italy, local humanists showed the same determination to establish their descent from ancient civilization." (dj). VG- (Slight water damage to top of first few pages, which doesn't interfere with text or illus.; top edge of DJ has some wear and age; otherwise crisp and clean.). …